We examined the Indian power ministry’s bullish projections the country could blaze past its renewables target of 175GW by 2022, hitting up to 227GW. Some have reported this as a new increased target, but it looks like more of a scenario, contingent on demand growth.

The World Bank hinted it will pull the plug on Kosovo C, the last coal plant on its books. It also reported a 28% jump in climate finance invested by the big six development banks last year – although 81% of that came as loans, which many argue should not count.

South Africa launched a consultation on a draft climate law. It doesn’t set any legally binding emissions targets, but creates a pretty thorough framework for embedding climate action throughout government, on a five-year cycle to sync with the Paris Agreement.

As the World Cup kicked off, critics accused Fifa – and UN Climate Change – of greenwashing with an opaque carbon offsetting scheme that even in theory only covers a fraction of the tournament’s climate impact.

Phew.

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